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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2009-11-30 Acceptance and Surrender: Personal Stories 57:09
Robert K. Hall
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Acceptance involves "letting in" and "letting out" regardless of approval or disapproval. Surrender can only happen when "the me" opens to it all - the yes and the no, the me and not-me.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-28 With Every Breath, You Are Alive 57:28
Trudy Goodman
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This talk weaves together questions from interviews about sexuality and gratitude for humanness with the 4 noble truths and 4 great vows and a smattering of dependent origination.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-27 Wheel of Freedom 53:45
John Travis
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The talk shares the wheel of Dependent Origination and how to tap into the Wheel of Freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-26 The Paradox of Completion 55:43
Teja Bell
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Completion and Incompletion in the intimate weave of the Dharma of Understanding and then resting in the transcendent wisdom of pure unconditioned awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-25 4 Foundations as an Evolutionary Journey 58:34
Wes Nisker
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-25 Distraction 61:52
Donald Rothberg
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We look at the nature of distraction- not attending to what is our intended focus- in three main ways, each of which we can respond to: 1) our distraction moment to moment and how we train in mindfulness, 2) our distraction in our everyday lives, and 3) how our lives become distracted in relation to our deeper intentions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-24 Live It Up 49:37
Trudy Goodman
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Overcoming the brain's negative bias. Inclining the mind toward appreciation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-23 It Doesn't Belong to You 54:30
Robert K. Hall
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A description of the autonomy of life functions and how they all are independent of the ego-self when when the ego claims ownership.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-11-19 Opening the Doors of the Heart 56:04
Mary Grace Orr
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How can we open our hearts? This talk explores the practices of forgiveness and compassion, as well as that of gratitude. The Metta Sutta provides the background for this exploration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-11-18 The Cure for Pain Is in the Pain 65:58
Howard Cohn
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Working with the difficult mental states, especially the 5 hindrances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

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